Volume 1: Chapter I. Parentage 1743-79
Chapter II. Childhood and youth 1779-94
Chapter III. College life 1794-98
Chapter IV. Study of the law 1798-1801
Chapter V. Life at the bar 1801-05
Chapter VI. Political life 1805-10
Chapter VII. Judicial life 1811-12
Chapter VIII. Judicial life 1812-16
Chapter IX. Judicial life 1816-18
Chapter X. Judicial life 1818-19
Chapter XI. Slavery and the slave trade 1819-20
Chapter XII. Judicial life 1820-25
Chapter XIII. Journey to Niagara 1825
Chapter XIV. Judicial life 1825-27
Chapter XV. Judicial life 1827-29
Volume II: Chapter I. Professorial and judicial life 1829-31
Chapter II. Professorial and judicial life 1831-33
Chapter III. Professorial and judicial life 1833-34
Chapter IV. Professorial and judicial life 1834-35
Chapter V. Professorial and judicial life 1835-36
Chapter VI. Professorial and judicial life 1837-38
Chapter VII. Professorial and judicial life 1839-40
Chapter VIII. Professorial and judicial life 1841-42
Chapter IX. Professorial and judicial life 1842
Chapter X. Professorial and judicial life 1842
Chapter XI. Professorial and judicial life 1842-44
Chapter XII. Professorial and judicial life 1844
Chapter XIII. Professorial and judicial life 1844
Chapter XIV. Professorial and judicial life 1844-45
Chapter XV. Professorial and judicial life 1845
Chapter XVI. Conclusion.